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When the voice call tariff getting lower and lower, mobile operators are trying to find out the way to increase their revenue. Many value added services such as ring back tone, multimedia messaging, and various data services through internet connectivity. Currently, the competition is moving toward providing internet connectivity.

When 3G operators such as Indosat, Telkomsel and XL have provided internet services since a couple of years ago, CDMA operators are currently entering the internet service business with several packets. Star One from Indosat offers Internet Unlimited. By giving IVIO modem, customers only pay IDR 499,000 to have 3 months of unlimited internet access services. Besides that Starone also provide monthly packet from IDR 45,000 (U$4.5) to IDR 125,000 (US$12.5)

Smart Telecom bundle its internet access services with a netbook from IDR 4.6m to IDR 5.9m. If customer want a postpaid service, he/she has to pay an installment of IDR 499rb for 12 months and receive internet service for a year. If customer chooses prepaid payment, he/she has to buy a netbook with the price of IDR 4.6m which embedded with a CDMA modem. This packet only receive one month free internet access. Besides that, Smart Telecom also sells modem with the price from IDR 200,000 (US$20) to IDR 2m (USD$ 200) also with one month internet free access.

Meanwhile, Mobile-8 with product call Fren provide internet access service from IDR 88,000 to IDR 250,000 a month. Monile-8 promises a speed up to 3.1Mbps.

Telkom Flexi and Bakrie are the CDMA operators which are not too serious with internet access services. Flexi just provide time based access with the tariff of IDR 3 / kilobit for volume based and IDR 200 per minute for time based. Meanwhile Bakrie still with their Wimode which is not popular as the speed is very low.

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